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Decolonizing community-engaged research and unsettling the work
Through an innovative, interactive discussion featuring special community guests and audience contributions, this webinar will consider what we can do now to decolonize our work, particularly as it pertains to community-engaged research. We invite you to bring your creativity, your delight and your readiness to shift your practice towards more inclusivity and joy. learn more →
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Introducing Namiko Kunimoto, CERi Researcher-in-Residence
This spring term Namiko Kunimoto has joined CERi as International Researcher-in-Residence. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and the Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies at Ohio State University. learn more →
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LGBTQ2 Communities and SFU Students Come Together to Improve Access to Mental Health Services
This blog post is authored by current and former SFU Masters of Public Health students James Young, Angel Kennedy and Nasaha Vikin. It is a reflection on their experience developing and evaluating MindMapBC, a project that received funding through CERi’s Community-Engaged Research Funding Program. learn more →
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Introducing Tammara Soma, CERi Researcher-in-Residence
We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Tammara Soma is joining CERi as Researcher-in-Residence from January to August 2021. Soma is a food systems planner and a food waste expert with a heart for equity and justice. learn more →
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Community Resource Handbook
This handbook is designed to help community organizations gain a practical understanding of community-engaged research. This how-to guide walks you through the process of community-engaged research and shows its value to communities and the people working alongside them. learn more →
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Angela Kaida on Engaging Community in HIV Research for Below the Radar
Angela Kaida recently spoke with Am Johal at the Below the Radar podcast to discuss how she utilizes an interdisciplinary, community-driven and ethics-based approach to her research and how it has enriched her work. learn more →
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What is Community-Engaged Research?
Community-engaged research is premised on principles of reciprocity, including the shared ownership of research produced as a result of partnerships between scholars, students and communities. learn more →
Participation. Cooperation. Social Transformation.
CERi promotes principles of participation, cooperation, social transformation and knowledge translation to lift up and strengthen the capacity of SFU’s researchers and students, to engage respectfully and ethically with community members.
Research that supports positive community change.
Based out of the new 312 Main co-working space in downtown Vancouver, CERi is SFU's first research infrastructure developed for the purpose of extending community-engaged research to provincial, national and international communities.
Simon Fraser University’s Community-Engaged Research Initiative (CERi) is a new university-wide strategic initiative of the Office of the Vice-President, Research.
LATEST POSTS
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February 11, 2021
February 11, 2021
This spring term Namiko Kunimoto has joined CERi as International Researcher-in-Residence. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of History of Art and the Director of the Center for Ethnic Studies at Ohio State University.
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February 10, 2021
February 10, 2021
This blog post is authored by current and former SFU Masters of Public Health students James Young, Angel Kennedy and Nasaha Vikin. It is a reflection on their experience developing and evaluating MindMapBC, a project that received funding through CERi’s Community-Engaged Research Funding Program.
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February 04, 2021
February 04, 2021
We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Tammara Soma is joining CERi as Researcher-in-Residence from January to August 2021. Soma is a food systems planner and a food waste expert with a heart for equity and justice.
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January 28, 2021
January 28, 2021
Angela Kaida recently spoke with Am Johal at the Below the Radar podcast to discuss how she utilizes an interdisciplinary, community-driven and ethics-based approach to her research and how it has enriched her work.
PROGRAMS
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CERi’s Graduate Fellowship Program is designed to facilitate community-engaged research through a combination of financial support, mentorship, peer learning and professional development.
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CERi’s Community-Engaged Research Funding Program is a grant program available to SFU faculty and graduate students.
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In partnership with Vancouver Island University, the University of Northern British Columbia, and University of British Columbia, the Simon Fraser University Library coordinates a program to provide staff of charitable and non-profit organizations in British Columbia with access to the latest research and knowledge in their fields.
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CERi’s Researchers-in-Residence program supports and promotes SFU faculty members actively practicing community-engaged research or whose research involves CER methods.
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